HalfCentury Review of The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)

SPOILER- I've only seen the shock ending

[20 November 2006]

I caught the tail end of this movie at a drive in. It involves Yaphet Kotto and probably Anthony Zerbe. Kotto forces Zerbe into a hay bailing machine and a very realistic looking dummy is shown being broken and mashed around in the machine. I've always wanted to see the rest of the movie to see what lead to this grisly comeuppance. I also wonder if like a lot of under respected movies, horribly shocking scenes get cut out and forgotten. It wouldn't surprise me if the VHS copy omits the scene. It was very well done. Kind of the opposite of gory. Here the body keeping its integrity while being horribly bent is what shocks. It made quite an impression on me.